Håkan Leifman
Biographic Data
| ID | 1733592 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Håkan Leifman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Håkan |
| FAMILY NAME | Leifman |
| SIGNATURE | LEIFMAN H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Karolinska Institutet |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9249-3054 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Alcohol consumption and closed borders - how Covid-19 restrictions have impacted alcohol sales and consumption in Europe
The closing of intra-European borders had a significant redistributing effect on alcohol sales. While noting sales increases, cross-border inflow countries generally saw a decrease in total amount of alcohol consumed per capita as not all cross-border purchases were replaced by domestic sales. This has important policy implications as large volumes of cross-border inflow of alcohol can negatively affect excise revenue as well as public health out…
Effects of Local Alcohol Prevention Initiatives in Swedish Municipalities, 2006–2014
Background: Several components of the Swedish alcohol policy, e.g., pricing and availability, weakened when Sweden joined the EU in 1995. To counteract the possible negative effects of this, emphasis was placed on the local level as an important arena of alcohol prevention. Thus, considerable efforts were made to strengthen alcohol prevention in Swedish municipalities. Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine whether local alcohol prevent…
‘Are The Times A‐Changin’? Trends in adolescent substance use in Europe
Design of a Web-based individual coping and alcohol-intervention program (web-Icaip) for children of parents with alcohol problems
ISRCTN41545712
Anabolic Androgenic Steroids—Use and Correlates among Gym Users—An Assessment Study Using Questionnaires and Observations at Gyms in the Stockholm Region
The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of anabolic androgenic steroid (AAS) use and offers to use among gym users in Stockholm County (Sweden), and to conduct a comparison of concordance in estimates of AAS and supplements at gyms between two data collection methods. A questionnaire was distributed to members at 36 training facilities and 1,752 gym users participated in the study. An observation study was conducted as covert par…
A randomized effectiveness trial of an adult-to-youth mentoring program in Sweden
Maria Bodina* & Håkan Leifmanaa STAD, Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Stockholm County Council Health Care Provision and Karolinska Institutet, Post Box 6031, Stockholm 102 31, Sweden
The Six-Country Survey of the European Comparative Alcohol Study
The paper introduces a set of analyses of national surveys carried out in six countries—Finland, Sweden, Germany, Great Britain, France and Italy-as part of the European Comparative Alcohol Study (ECAS). The ECAS survey data were collected especially for the purpose of country comparisons. Therefore not only were the questions made as similar as possible in all six countries, but also the mode of data collection (telephone interviews), the sampli…
A Comparative Analysis of Drinking Patterns in Six EU Countries in the Year 2000
This paper compares different aspects of drinking habits in six EU countries: France, Italy, Germany, the UK, Finland and Sweden. Frequency of drinking is highest in France and Italy, lowest in Finland and Sweden, and increases with age in France and Italy in particular, but also in Germany. The average consumed quantity per drinking occasion is highest in Finland, Sweden and the UK and lowest in France and Italy, and the youngest show the highes…
Vem blir nykterist
Who becomes an abstainer? On the abstainer as deviantThe principal aim of the study is to find out what the characteristics are of those consumers that later choose to abstain from alcohol. Both cross-sectional and panel data from the level-of-living surveys (LNU) conducted 1968, 1974, 1981 and 1991 are analysed. The results show that those becoming abstainers during the study period have a higher proportion of smokers than the long-term abstaine…
Drinking careers
Abstinence in late adolescence—Antecedents to and covariates of a sober lifestyle and its consequences
Sedatives and hypnotics in Stockholm
OBJECTIVES. The aims of the study were (1) to estimate prevalence rates of current, regular, and long-term use of sedatives and hypnotics and the incidence of regular use in an urban population and (2) to study the association between such use of drugs and sociodemographic factors, symptoms of disease, and alcohol consumption. METHODS. Data on drug use in a random sample of 6217 adults in Stockholm County were analyzed with logistic regression. R…
Allmänhetens bruk av alhohol och psykofarmaka i empirisk belysning
Use of alcohol and psychotropics in SwedenThis study of a representative Swedish sample of 5612 respondents from 1988, shows that the use of psychotropics in the general population is highly associated with bad health, as indicated by chronic diseases, especially the category of mental disorders. Also old age, the perception of bad health and various types of tiredness are strongly associated with the use of psychotropics. In general, the same pa…
Abstinence in late adolescence—Antecedents to and covariates of a sober lifestyle and its consequences
A Comparative Analysis of Drinking Patterns in Six EU Countries in the Year 2000
This paper compares different aspects of drinking habits in six EU countries: France, Italy, Germany, the UK, Finland and Sweden. Frequency of drinking is highest in France and Italy, lowest in Finland and Sweden, and increases with age in France and Italy in particular, but also in Germany. The average consumed quantity per drinking occasion is highest in Finland, Sweden and the UK and lowest in France and Italy, and the youngest show the highes…
The Six-Country Survey of the European Comparative Alcohol Study
The paper introduces a set of analyses of national surveys carried out in six countries—Finland, Sweden, Germany, Great Britain, France and Italy-as part of the European Comparative Alcohol Study (ECAS). The ECAS survey data were collected especially for the purpose of country comparisons. Therefore not only were the questions made as similar as possible in all six countries, but also the mode of data collection (telephone interviews), the sampli…
Sedatives and hypnotics in Stockholm
OBJECTIVES. The aims of the study were (1) to estimate prevalence rates of current, regular, and long-term use of sedatives and hypnotics and the incidence of regular use in an urban population and (2) to study the association between such use of drugs and sociodemographic factors, symptoms of disease, and alcohol consumption. METHODS. Data on drug use in a random sample of 6217 adults in Stockholm County were analyzed with logistic regression. R…
Allmänhetens bruk av alhohol och psykofarmaka i empirisk belysning
Use of alcohol and psychotropics in SwedenThis study of a representative Swedish sample of 5612 respondents from 1988, shows that the use of psychotropics in the general population is highly associated with bad health, as indicated by chronic diseases, especially the category of mental disorders. Also old age, the perception of bad health and various types of tiredness are strongly associated with the use of psychotropics. In general, the same pa…
Sedatives and hypnotics in Stockholm
OBJECTIVES. The aims of the study were (1) to estimate prevalence rates of current, regular, and long-term use of sedatives and hypnotics and the incidence of regular use in an urban population and (2) to study the association between such use of drugs and sociodemographic factors, symptoms of disease, and alcohol consumption. METHODS. Data on drug use in a random sample of 6217 adults in Stockholm County were analyzed with logistic regression. R…
Abstinence in late adolescence—Antecedents to and covariates of a sober lifestyle and its consequences
Drinking careers
Vem blir nykterist
Who becomes an abstainer? On the abstainer as deviantThe principal aim of the study is to find out what the characteristics are of those consumers that later choose to abstain from alcohol. Both cross-sectional and panel data from the level-of-living surveys (LNU) conducted 1968, 1974, 1981 and 1991 are analysed. The results show that those becoming abstainers during the study period have a higher proportion of smokers than the long-term abstaine…
The Six-Country Survey of the European Comparative Alcohol Study
The paper introduces a set of analyses of national surveys carried out in six countries—Finland, Sweden, Germany, Great Britain, France and Italy-as part of the European Comparative Alcohol Study (ECAS). The ECAS survey data were collected especially for the purpose of country comparisons. Therefore not only were the questions made as similar as possible in all six countries, but also the mode of data collection (telephone interviews), the sampli…
A Comparative Analysis of Drinking Patterns in Six EU Countries in the Year 2000
This paper compares different aspects of drinking habits in six EU countries: France, Italy, Germany, the UK, Finland and Sweden. Frequency of drinking is highest in France and Italy, lowest in Finland and Sweden, and increases with age in France and Italy in particular, but also in Germany. The average consumed quantity per drinking occasion is highest in Finland, Sweden and the UK and lowest in France and Italy, and the youngest show the highes…
Anabolic Androgenic Steroids—Use and Correlates among Gym Users—An Assessment Study Using Questionnaires and Observations at Gyms in the Stockholm Region
The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of anabolic androgenic steroid (AAS) use and offers to use among gym users in Stockholm County (Sweden), and to conduct a comparison of concordance in estimates of AAS and supplements at gyms between two data collection methods. A questionnaire was distributed to members at 36 training facilities and 1,752 gym users participated in the study. An observation study was conducted as covert par…
A randomized effectiveness trial of an adult-to-youth mentoring program in Sweden
Maria Bodina* & Håkan Leifmanaa STAD, Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Stockholm County Council Health Care Provision and Karolinska Institutet, Post Box 6031, Stockholm 102 31, Sweden
Design of a Web-based individual coping and alcohol-intervention program (web-Icaip) for children of parents with alcohol problems
ISRCTN41545712
‘Are The Times A‐Changin’? Trends in adolescent substance use in Europe
Effects of Local Alcohol Prevention Initiatives in Swedish Municipalities, 2006–2014
Background: Several components of the Swedish alcohol policy, e.g., pricing and availability, weakened when Sweden joined the EU in 1995. To counteract the possible negative effects of this, emphasis was placed on the local level as an important arena of alcohol prevention. Thus, considerable efforts were made to strengthen alcohol prevention in Swedish municipalities. Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine whether local alcohol prevent…
Alcohol consumption and closed borders - how Covid-19 restrictions have impacted alcohol sales and consumption in Europe
The closing of intra-European borders had a significant redistributing effect on alcohol sales. While noting sales increases, cross-border inflow countries generally saw a decrease in total amount of alcohol consumed per capita as not all cross-border purchases were replaced by domestic sales. This has important policy implications as large volumes of cross-border inflow of alcohol can negatively affect excise revenue as well as public health out…
Medicine (10 works) · Demography (7 works) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (7 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Population (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Alcohol (4 works) · Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects (4 works) · Geography (4 works)